Connecter for necklaces and the like



Aug. 26, 1930. G w, BAINTQN 1,774,347

GONNECTER FOR NECKLACES AND THE LIKE Filed Jan J 3, 1930 1143.6 Z! 27I77 var/i07 Patented Aug. 26,1930

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Application filed January 3, 1930. Serial No. 518,244.

My invention relates to connecters for necklaces and the like.

The essential objects of my invention are to insure a swiveling actionof the connecter 5 either when the eye members are fixed to theconnecter, or when the eye members, although swiveled, become cramped orjammed; to enable the upsetting or riveting of the eye mem- 7 bers inthe interior of the connecter sections 10 without the employment of aplug or other separate member within the connecter; and to attain theseends in a simple, strong, secure, and inexpensive structure.

To the above ends my invention consists in such parts and in suchcombinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appended tively.

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My device consists of a substantially elliptigal body 9 comprisinglongitudinally elon-- gated separable sections 10 and 11. Thesection 10is the entrant member, and the section 11, the receiving member of thecoupling. The joint 12, formed by the sections, is transversely disposedand,in this instance, located substantially midway the length of thebody. The entrant member has upon the inner end of its body portion 13 areduced smooth portion 14 comprising a neck 15 and a rounded orsubstantiallyspherical head 16. The

member 10 is hollow by virtue of a longitudib nal cavity 18 extendingconcentrically thereof from the inner end of the head to a point nearthe outer end of the body 13. A long'i tudinal aperture 19! extendsfromthe cavity 10 through the end of the latter.

The receiving member 11 is also hollow, being provided with a centrallongitudinal cavity 21 extending from its in'nerendto a point at itsopposite extremity,--where the member has alongitudinal aperture 22. Inthe apertures are mounted attaching members 24 comprising eyes 25andsplit shanks 26' having upset or diverging end portionsa'l. Y

The. split shanks 26 extend through the apes- .tures, and bysuitableriveting or upsetting toolsare, after insertion, spread to termthe diverging ends 2"? which cooperate with the loops 25 to prevent theescape ofthe members 24. The latter are preferably, bu-tnotnecessaril-y, rotatable in the apertur'esusinne my device, as willhereinafter be pointed out, is so constructed as' to afford ampleswiveling movement for my connector regardless of or fixed.

Near its inner end the receiving member 11 is provided with an internalannular groove or recess 2.8 in which isloosely seated the recess :28isof so much greater diameter than the normal diameter oflthe' ring thatthe latter has ampleroom iorextendedradia lxpansion. e s

T010111 the separated members they are manually pressed ;togetrher fromthe position shownin 7 Figure 31450 that shownin Figure I 2.; Duringthis movement, the spring 29,

whether the attaching members are rotatable less than that of thev headL6 The depth of which is in the pathozf thehead lifiltempor rarilyexpands and passes over the head Whfllfi fl? contracts loosely.aroundthe neck 15. To disengage the parts, after theyiare.

1a' pped together they are manually --p.1rl'led in opposite directions,during which operas i l iihi iliulirs ib0 ail'glfl laimaintained inaxial alignment with each other.

It will be notedthat after the sectionshave een engaged the sections 10and 11 are swiveled relatively to each other by virtue of the loose orslightly yielding relation of the split ring upon the neck of one of themembers.

For this reason there is assurance that any chain attached to the member2 L would not be deran ed or twisted regardless of whether the mem ers24 are fixed to their sections or whether the members 24, althoughnormally swiveled, should become temporarily jammed.

It will be further noted that by virtue of the cavity 18 and the balland socket character of fastening, access is permitted to upset theinner ends of the connecting members,

which would not be possible were the reduced portion 14 of the section12 solid.

Various changes might be made in the general form and arrangement ofparts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do notlimit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself atliberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within thespirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a sectional connecter for a necklace or the like, alongitudinally elongated entrant member comprising a body, a reducedneck upon the inner end of the body, and a head upon the neck, alongitudinally elongated receiving member provided with a centrallongitudinal cavity for the reception of the head and with an internalannular recess, a resilient split ring loosely mounted in the recess ofnormally less diameter than the head, and in the path of the head, saidspring being expanded during its engagement with the head and thencontracted to its normal diameter in engaged position with the neck, andattaching members upon the outer ends of both members.

2. In a sectional connecter for a necklace or the like, an elongatedentrant member comprising a body, a smooth neck upon the inner endof thebody, a head upon the neck, said body, neck and head being provided witha central longitudinal cavity extending from the outer extremity of thehead to a point near the outer end of the body, said body being providedwithin its outer end with an aperture communicating with the cavity, anattaching member in the aperture extending at one end into the cavityand at the other end exterior of the body, a hollow member for thereception of the head and with an internal annular recess near its innerend, an expansible split ring loosely mounted in the recess adapted toslidably engage the head, and an attaching member in the outer end ofthe receiving member.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

GEORGE W. BAINTON.

